Git defaults are a bit weird. You also have to enable rerere yourself, when it should be on by default.

Probably because most of the time you list branches you goal isn't to discover what exists, but to find the specific one you're looking for.

> Just configure git branch to sort by the last commit date:

> git config branch.sort committerdate

> You can also supply this on a one-off basis as git branch --sort committerdate.

These don't seem like hacks to me. What do you have in mind?